forestofglory

Oh, interesting! Because one of the reasons I did like Temporal Confections was that I felt it did a good job of showing that the sister's way of resisting wasn't the only way or even the most effective way. I really liked that Saffron and Danny's way of fighting back doesn't change who they are as people, is still about craft and feeding people and compassion.

I do completely agree with your second point, though. The Evil king's Evil regime crumbling as soon as he personally was not around to reinforce it did not eem realistic to me at all, and that only worked for me as an ending if I took it as a sort of fairy tale resolution rather than a realistic one.